In February of 2011 I wrote a post titled “… from ‘Piper Alpha’ to ‘Deepwater Horizon’, do we really learn?“. It was part of an ongoing series relating to Culture and Resilience. This is also a theme in my recent article “A Fork in the Road”. The sad part seems to be that we do […]
… from ‘Piper Alpha’ to ‘Deepwater Horizon’, do we really learn?
A couple of days ago I started to read the latest report of the Buncefield Disaster. The report highlights some root cause of the disaster in management failings; “these pressures created a culture where keeping the process operating was the primary focus and process safety did not get the attention, resources or priority that it […]